Part 2: Personalization and Security A previous blog post in this series introduced the Liferay dashboard framework that Xtivia has developed as serviceware that is available for purchase by our Liferay implementation customers. This post will continue the discussion by describing how personalization and role-based security is applied in the framework. In the data warehouse...
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A requirement that is often found in enterprise IT environments is the need for "dashboards" that provide integrated, highly visual (e.g., chart-driven) representations of key data to executives, analysts and key decision makers. In addition to the data visualization requirements for these dashboards, there are typically security requirements (e.g., RBAC) around "who can see what". There...
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We get quite a few questions around Dashboards and Scorecards. I think it is good to enumerate the differences between the two so that when you are ready to implement you don't lose sight of the differences. So, without further ado, here are the differences that I like to use...   Dashboard Scorecard ...
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Several weeks ago USAToday actually published an article about business intelligence on the front page.  The story started with a discussion of a solar panel manufacturer so you had to read a little more to find out that the story really was about BI.  I was pleased that an article like this would be published in such a prominent place.  However, it was interesting to see that...
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Which BI tool is right for us? Every organization faces this decision when they are looking to build a BI solution. We have had a lot of customers ask this to us. Without going into too much detail, I will outline the process I like to use. Price is almost always a consideration but beyond pricing, compare tools that you are considering using the following checklist: 1. General use: This...
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